Emery board



sQT. COLLIER 2,573,310

Oct. .30, 1951 EMERY BOARD Filed Aug. 1, 1947 Inventor .S herma'n r.Collier W a Atto nys Patented Oct. 30, 1951 UNITED} STATES *PATENTOFFICE 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inemery boards such. as are used when manicuring'ones finger nails.

The ordinary emery board for the stated .pur-' pose has either one orboth surfaces covered. with abrasive materials, One face may be coarse:and the other fine, as the case may be. In. carrying out the principlesof the instant invention I provide an abrasive coated so-called. emeryor nail board having at least one surface provided with longitudinallyrunning and. parallel grooves, the grooves being substantially V-shapedin cross section and the diverging surfaces or walls thereof being suchas to provide runways in which the nails of the user may be raked backand forth, whereby to simultaneously bevel inner and outer surfaces ofthe:

fingernail tips.

Briefly summarized, but somewhat more specifically visualized, themanicuring implement in question has to do with an elongated light--weight pocket size member having substantially" fiat top and bottomsurfaces, said top surfacehaving a plurality of longitudinal spacedparallel grooves all located between and spaced from. the longitudinaledges of said member and defining fiat portions between themselves, saidgrooves opening unobstructedly through the opposite transverse ends ofsaid member and being V-shaped in cross-section and of cross-sectionaldimensions that when the tip of a fingernail is seated in the crotchportion, the inner and outer surfaces of said nail are simultaneously inwiping contact with the respective fiat walls. of the selected groove,and a coating of abrasive material applied to and covering all surfacesof said grooves and fiat portions.

Other objects and advantages will become more readily apparent in thefollowing description and the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an emery board or fingernail boardconstructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention;

Figure 2 is an end view of the same;

Figure 3 is an enlarged end view to bring out the details a little moreemphatically.

Referring now to the drawing by distinguishing reference numerals, theemery board, the unitary device, is denoted by the numeral 5 and is ofcustomary construction and configuration. The cardboard or body portionis denoted by the numeral 6 and this is of standard form and texture andone side, at least, is shown coated :provement, as a in" ZIthe provisionof grooves, slots, or *equivalent -'-with an abrasive medium which'i'sh'eie denoted by the numeral "I. So farthe're is nothing unfiusual'about-thearticl'e described. 'The only ir nter' "of fact, has to do with:means formed directly in the abrasive surface in such a manner as toprovide runways or pockets for nail abrading purposes. The preferredembodiment comprises grooves or channels which are substantiallyV-shaped and are of corresponding cross sectional form in shape. It isobvious, of course, that the walls or surfaces which go to make up theso-called grooves are coated with the stated abrasive medium and,therefore, wehave an emery board embodying the regular abrasive surfaceplus grooves, channels or equivalent means includ mg added abrasiveareas and providing run ways to facilitate the step of raking thefingermail tips back and forth and thus b'eveling and properlyconditioning and shaping the inner and outer surfaces of each nailsimultaneously.

By employing a multiplicity of 'Vshaped grooves and spacing the samenominal distances from each other it will be seen that one mayzselectively use either the flat landings or flat portions between thegrooves, or, the grooves themselves. In the circumstances the implementwill insure more satisfactory and practical filing of ones nails in arelatively short time, with a great deal less effort than is ordinarilyput forth and will otherwise fulfill the normal requirements ofmanufacturers and users alike.

It is felt that I have evolved and produced a simple, practical andeconomical nail abradant implement in which manufacturers, users andothers will find their expected needs fully met, contained and readilyavailable.

The use of the straight sided walls in the V- grooves more aptly admitsthe snug placement of fingernails in the grooves and permits the crotchand wall portions of the grooves to enable one to treat three surfacessimultaneously, that is, the tip portions and inner and outer surfaceportions.

A careful consideration of the foregoing description in conjunction withthe invention as illustrated in the drawing will enable the reader toobtain a clear understanding and impression of the alleged features ofmerit and novelty sufficient to clarify the construction of theinvention as hereinafter claimed.

Minor changes in shape, size, materials and rearrangements of parts maybe resorted to in actual practice so long as no departure is made fromthe invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, claimed as new is:

1. A new article of manufacture comprising a manicuring board having atleast one fiat surface, said surface being provided with spaced parallellongitudinal grooves, said grooves opening through opposite transverseends of the board, said surface being coated With an abrasive medium,said grooves being V-shaped in cross section, straight from end to endand the diverging walls being fiat and also coated with said abrasivemedium, whereby to provide a plurality of flat abrasive surfaces forcustomary usage and selectively usable abrasive surfaced grooves foreffectively filing and beveling the tip ends and inner and outersurfaces of the users fingernails at one and the same time.

2. A manicuring implement of the class shown and described comprising anelongated lightweight pocket size body member having substantially flattop and bottom surfaces, said top surface having a plurality oflongitudinal spaced parallel grooves all located between and spaced Whatis REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the fileof this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 838,440 Neff Dec. 11, 1906847,012 Korper Mar. 12, 1907 2,019,580 Poux Nov. 5, 1935 Crum Aug. 31,1937

